1.   In an orgy of self-indulgence the British authorities seemed unable to allow a single governor to leave the colony without bestowing his name on a stretch of land.

2.   Possibly, they said, the name was bestowed to honor runaway slaves helped to freedom by Quaker farmers in the vicinity.

3.   Regardless of its meaning, the name was bestowed by the New Mexicans.

4.   The Dirty Birds name was bestowed on the team by tight end O.J. Santiago.

5.   The name here was bestowed for a more obvious reason.

6.   A herald dispatched to bestow a name chosen by the emperor himself.

7.   His name was bestowed on the plant as an honorific by a Danish botanist, Martin Vahl, a common practice in horticulture.

8.   Obasanjo bestowed the names on Clinton during a state dinner Saturday night.